Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

Bellpeor also sensed that something was wrong.

"There is no tyrant in the Zero Hour Lost Child responsible for collecting emotions. Not even the tyrant who is used to support the leader is among them."

Chapter 268 Misaki City

"what!"

Bellpeor looked at Zero Time Lost Child in disbelief. She knew that she had spent a lot of time finding an excellent way to complete the leader's mission.

The tyrant was basically planned by her and orchestrated by the Dantario Research Institute of the "Exploration and Inquiry" project.

This was accomplished through a series of coincidences, and now she's being told that everything she's set up has come to nothing. How could she possibly accept that?

"No, what I have doesn't seem to be the real Zero Hour Lost Child."

"The real Zero Hour Lost Child?"

Bellpeor composed herself and asked Schudnan.

Shuten-Nan then recounted everything that happened to him on his way to Misaki City.

"So, only that human knows the true location of the Lost Child of Zero?"

Bellpeor lowered her head, her expression filled with disbelief, but since these words came from Shudnan's mouth, she could only believe that such a human existed in the world.

"But I have already killed him, and Fariagni, who transferred him here, has also been defeated by Shirou Emiya."

The trail went cold once again.

“No, Faria Gni doesn’t know the free magic of spatial teleportation. You should know that in this world, there are only a handful of Crimson World Apostles who can master spatial teleportation.”

"you mean----"

"There's probably only one person who can operate within Japan and easily use the Spatial Transfer Technique."

"The Corpse Scavenger!"

Following Bellpeor's train of thought, Shudnan quickly understood what she wanted to say.

"Moreover, it is quite possible that the human did not actually die."

"Impossible, I saw it with my own eyes—"

Before Schudnan could finish speaking, Bellpeor interrupted him immediately.

"The 'freedom' you felt was probably a backup plan left by the corpse collector on that human."

"Why would you make such a judgment? You have to understand that Shirou Emiya is just a human. Even if it were a corpse collector that only devours flames that are about to extinguish a torch, it wouldn't take care of a human like that."

"No, General, your thinking is flawed. You didn't know that the human was carrying the Zero Hour Child because he was always wearing armor. But the moment he took off his armor, you immediately saw the Zero Hour Child. You should know what that means."

Bellpeor guided Schudnan's thinking step by step, and she seemed to enjoy answering other people's questions.

"This proves that Shirou Emiya never concealed any trace of the Lost Child, and it's impossible for him to wear armor all the time in his daily life, which means—"

Although Xiudenan is not good at thinking, it doesn't mean he is just a warrior who only knows how to fight. As a general, Xiudenan's thinking is naturally very fast.

"The corpse finder already knew that Emiya Shirou was carrying the Zero Time Lost Child."

"But that wasn't enough to save him—"

Xiu Denan suddenly realized something. The Corpse Collector knew about the scheme that the [Masquerade] had set up for the Zero Hour Lost Child, and he also had the ability to probe into the Zero Hour Lost Child's inner workings.

"They probably want to know what exactly is going on with the Lost Child at Zero Hour."

"But unexpectedly, even under those circumstances, that human did not trigger the Free Law."

"Velpeor said calmly."

Belpeor was perfectly aware of why the Corpse Collector was designed as a triggerable free-form spell. If the Corpse Collector needed to use its own power to trigger it, it would be easy for Fariagni to see through the deception.

However, this kind of simple, trigger-based Freedom Technique has a very short casting time. Even Shudenan could only slightly sense that Wei Qian Gong Shirou was casting Freedom Technique at that moment.

Not to mention Fariagni, whose strength is inferior to that of Shudnan.

There is still a significant difference between Crimson Lords.

The longer a Crimson World Demon King lives, the more powerful his trump cards will become.

Your perception of many things will become more sensitive.

If Shirou Emiya were truly just an ordinary human, Faria Gni might very well have been concealed by the Corpse Collector.

These were all the deductions she made from Xiudenan's description. Although they differed from the actual reasons given by the corpse collectors, she had guessed most of them.

Rami did not choose to save Shirou Emiya to investigate why the Lost Child in his possession did not contain the [Silver].

From the very beginning, Rami knew that the Zero Time Child in Shirou Emiya's possession was fake.

As an entity that constantly absorbs the power of existence from torches whose flames are about to disappear, Rami will investigate all the torches in Misaki City as soon as he arrives.

He couldn't possibly rely on luck to collect these torches whose power was about to dissipate. During his investigation, he discovered the Mystice named Yuji Sakai long ago.

I've also secretly paid attention to this special torch that can move inside sealed-off areas.

The Corpse Collector knew of Shirou Emiya's existence even before Fariagne.

He had been keeping an eye on Shirou Emiya, so he naturally saw the scene where Shirou Emiya projected the image of the Lost Child in the infirmary.

It can be described as astonishing.

Shirou Emiya never discovered the Corpse Collector. As a Crimson Denizen who was able to evade Margery for many years, he possessed extremely high skills in concealing his presence.

Although Shirou Emiya's senses were extremely sharp, Rami was not like a bad blade; he never showed any hostility towards Shirou Emiya, so Shirou Emiya naturally had no way of detecting such a gaze.

Emiya Shirou hasn't reached the point where he'd glare back at a bird in the sky just because it glanced at him.

"However, all of this is just reasoning and will not be entirely accurate, because I can only get information from you."

Bellpeor gently pinched her chin, pondering with interest.

"But regardless of whether this reasoning is correct, we need to find the person who picked up the body first."

"And the location of the corpse finder is also very clear."

"Misaki City"

Xiu Denan muttered to himself.

As for why it is so certain that the corpse finder exists in Misaki City.

Bad Blade, though not completely defeated, is still alive.

With his employers dead and his reward gone, Bad Blade had no reason to stay and chose to leave.

Otherwise, with the Blade still intact in Shudenan, Shana and Margery might have truly perished in that unfamiliar city.

Now that his employer had been defeated, he naturally told Fariagni where he had been invited to go when asked by Shudnan.

Of course, the main reason is that [Masquerade Ball] was a former employer of Bad Blade, and the payment was very generous.

Many broken sword blades are obtained from the [Masquerade Ball].

"Then, I'll head to Misaki City now."

After Xiu Denan figured it out, he immediately prepared to set off for Misaki City. If the corpse collector left, finding him would be a troublesome matter.

"and many more."

However, Bellpeor called out to him.

"No need to rush. We've waited this long time, so there's no need to rush. I have a better plan."

Bellpeor wore a faint smile. As the sole strategist and advisor of the "Masquerade Ball," her wisdom was unparalleled.

Chapter 269 Shirou Emiya's Purpose

"Humans are basically unable to use the power of existence to fight."

A steady voice came from in front of Shana.

Flame Hazes are created through contracts between humans and Crimson Lords. The power of existence used by Flame Hazes is primarily provided by those Crimson Lords who have contracts with humans.

"Unless you, like Shana, make a contract with those Crimson Lords who are willing to help humanity, humans cannot use Free Magic like the Flame Haze."

Alastair's answer was very decisive, and this has been proven by time; for thousands of years, no human has ever mastered the method of using the power of existence.

Those who could use the power of existence basically became Flame Haze warriors.

Of course, there is one exception: perhaps the power of existence can be used—the torch.

Theoretically speaking, the power within the torches that are no longer human is a power that they can use themselves, since the torches are, to some extent, containers of this power.

Just like the Crimson Lord who provides the Flame Haze with the power of existence, Torch, having learned to use the Free Power, can naturally use the power of existence within his body.

"No, I don't need to actually learn to use the power of existence to cast spells like the Flame Haze. Just let me understand it, let me feel this energy."

Emiya Shirou shook his head slightly. Although it was a little regrettable that he couldn't learn how to use this power, he hadn't asked Shana to teach him in order to gain power.

"Why? You can't use the power of existence like I can. Just sensing the power of existence doesn't seem to have much meaning?"

Shana asked, puzzled.

After all, the power of mere existence has no particularly great effect. Just like magic, if it is not transformed into various magic tricks, it is just pure magic.

Although a large amount of existence power or a large amount of magic power will cause all sorts of effects.

However, compared to the application of free magic, the impact of magic is ultimately relatively small.

The techniques used by Crimson World Apostles and Flame Haze warriors can generally be observed with the naked eye.

You don't need to sense the fluctuations of the power of existence to know what the other party is doing.

"Zheng——!"

A blue light burst forth from Shirou Emiya's hand, and in just a moment, an accessory appeared in his hand.

That was Emiya Shirou's pass to move within the sealed area—the Zero Hour Child.

Shana actually had one too; it was given to her by Shirou Emiya and placed inside her night hat.